Daily Express, London, Feb. 3, 1904.
WIZARD IN GAOL.
OPENS CELLS AND IS TAKEN FOR THE DEVIL.
HIS 61st ESCAPE.
I certify that to-day Mr. Harry Houdini showed his abilities in releasing himself from restraint.
He had three pairs of handcuffs, one a very close-fitting pair, placed round his wrists, and he was placed in a nude state in a cell which had been previously searched. Within 6 minutes he was free from the handcuffs, had opened the cell door, and had opened the doors of all the other cells in the corridor, had changed a prisoner from one cell to another, and had so securely locked him in that he had to be asked to unlock the door.
(Signed) Leonard Dunning,
Head Constable, Liverpool.
Feb. 2, 1902.